Importance Heroin use is an urgent concern in the United States. Little is know about the
course of heroin use, heroin use disorder, and associated factors. Objective To examine …

Importance Over the past several years, there have been a number of mainstream media
reports that the abuse of heroin has migrated from low-income urban areas with large …

The face of heroin use in the United States is changing dramatically. A study published in
JAMA Psychiatry in late May found that compared with previous generations of heroin users …

Background This study examines changing patterns of past-year heroin use and heroin-
related risk behaviors among individuals with nonmedical use of prescription opioids …

Background Heroin use and overdose deaths have increased significantly in the United
States. Assessing trends in heroin use among demographic and particular substance-using …

Background Heroin use and overdose deaths have increased in recent years. Emerging
information suggests this is the result of increases in nonmedical use of opioid pain relievers …

Recent data suggest an increase in use of heroin and non-medical use of prescription
opioids (POs) in the United States, but it is unclear if these trends are consistent across …

Background Trends in the current opioid epidemic in the United States show that use of
heroin is increasing while nonmedical use of prescription opioids is slowing. Understanding …

Objective To characterize racial/ethnic differences in past-year prescription opioid misuse
and heroin use. Methods Data on 1,117,086 individuals age 12 and older were from the …

Background Increases in illicit pharmaceutical opioid (PO) use have been associated with
risk for transition to heroin use. We identify predictors of transition to heroin use among …